2019 Electrical storm statistics

2019 Electrical storm statistics

In 2019, a total of 2,353,476,704 atmospheric electric discharges were registered in the world. This number includes lightning strikes between clouds and, above all, lightning strikes produced from cloud to ground.

On August 13, 2019, the northernmost lightning known to date was detected, 52 kilometres away from the geographic north pole (89.53°N).

TOP 5 USA STATES WITH MORE LIGHTNING DISCHARGES

(From cloud to ground and cloud to cloud)

Texas 47,397,975

Oklahoma 14,772,145

Kansas 13,804,461

Missouri 13,415,285

Florida 13,049,687

SOURCE: Weather.com

TOP 5 USA STATES WITH MORE LIGHTNING DENSITY PER KM2

Florida 87.93

Oklahoma 81.61

Missouri 74.47

Texas 69.00

Louisiana 67.56

SPAIN DATA

218 DAYS WITH STORMS

303,845 CLOUD- TO- GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES DETECTED IN 2019

AUGUST 26 - RECORD OF LIGHTNING STRIKES DETECTED - 23,768

AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES WITH MORE LIGHTNING DISCHARGES

CATALONIA

ARAGON

MURCIA

WESTERN EUROPE DATA

More than 1,334,400 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes were recorded in Western Europe.

Total lightning detected * ranked 2019 as the second year most affected by atmospheric electric discharges since 2012.

* Data recorded for all Western European countries (except France).

WORLD DATA

Average total lightning density in the world between 2015-2019: 10,661,259,470 Lightning